Muslim woman gets 6 months for falsely accusing police officer of removing her hijab

[Gentle Typhoon]

Hijab woman sentenced to six months

A Muslim woman has lodged an appeal after she was sentenced to six months in prison for falsely accusing a police officer of forcibly removing her veil.

Carnita Matthews, a 46-year-old mother of seven, broke down in tears as Magistrate Robert Rabbidge described her crime as "deliberate, malicious and ruthless".

"There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind, beyond a reasonable doubt, that she knew that the complaint she was making was false," he told Campbelltown Local Court on Friday.

"The system would collapse, of course, if people are making false and wrong complaints to authorities."

Matthews was charged with one count of making a false complaint against police in August, after signing a statutory declaration claiming an officer forced her to remove her hijab, or face veil.

It was made three days after she was pulled over by Senior Constable Paul Fogarty at Woodbine, in Sydney's southwest, for a random breath test on June 7 this year.

A video of the incident, which was played to the court, shows Matthews accusing the officer of being a racist after he handed her a fine for not displaying green P-plates properly.

"You look at me and see me wearing this and you couldn't handle it. All cops are racist," she says.

The magistrate rejected her lawyer's argument that the prosecution could not prove it was Matthews herself who made the complaint and signed the declaration.

But police prosecutor sergeant Lisa McEvoy said there was no doubt.

"Her signature on that affidavit coupled with the signature on her driver's licence is exactly the same," she told the court.

Despite the fact Matthews has no previous criminal record, the magistrate said her crime was serious and demanded a "denunciatory" sentence.

He said highway patrol police faced an "onerous duty" in issuing fines to irate members of the public, adding an allegation of racism was serious and could jeopardise a career.

"There is an absolute and clear duty on police to satisfy who they are dealing with," he told the court.

Stephen Hopper, Matthews' lawyer, immediately lodged an appeal to the District Court against the conviction and sentence. His client was granted bail.

"The defence disagree with the learned magistrate's decision," he told AAP outside the court.

"Accordingly, we have lodged an all-grounds appeal for the matter to be heard in the District court."

Mr Hopper said he couldn't comment personally on the matter.

"Certainly, that doesn't stop other people forming their own views," he said.
"I am sure some people will agree with the magistrate and some people will disagree."

Source and Video Link - Hijab woman sentenced to six months - Seven News Queensland

 

[Jigs]

Good . I hope 6 months will teach her something.

 

[SMC]

Fair enough, but what about when women (muslim and non-muslim alike) falsely accuse other men of, say, rape and domestic violence? Those are far more common and the magistrate should maybe look at that as well. As of now, false allegations in those cases are pretty much no big deal in all western countries.

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Fair enough, but what about when women (muslim and non-muslim alike) falsely accuse other men of, say, rape and domestic violence? Those are far more common and the magistrate should maybe look at that as well.

'Wicked' Leyla Ibrahim who cried rape is jailed for three years despite being seven months pregnant

A young woman who ripped her clothes and gave herself a black eye to support her rape lies was yesterday jailed for three years.

Leyla Ibrahim, described as wicked by a judge, is seven months pregnant and will give birth in prison.

Her false rape claims started a £150,000 police investigation in which four students were arrested and subjected to humiliating examinations.

Read Full Story - Leyla Ibrahim jailed after crying rape despite being 7 months pregnant | Mail Online

 

[CardSharp]

'Wicked' Leyla Ibrahim who cried rape is jailed for three years despite being seven months pregnant



Read Full Story - Leyla Ibrahim jailed after crying rape despite being 7 months pregnant | Mail Online

What an idiot.

Leyla Ibrahim, 22-year old woman from Carlisle, Cumbria UK, wanted to teach her male friend a lesson after she had a fight with him when he refused to lend her the money for a taxi home after a night out. So, she cut and tore the blue frilly dress she was wearing as well as her black leggings and bra, leaving her breasts partially exposed. She also hacked off clumps of her own hair, gave herself a black eye and a suspected broken cheekbone, scratched her breasts and legs and finally left one of her shoes at the scene of the supposed attack.

 

[SMC]

I have done a lot of research in false rape and domestic violence allegations in the west. In nearly all the cases, they get away with it. In this case, it looks like the person is a muslim which may be a factor into why she was punished. If they are white in particular, they almost always get away with it.

 

[CardSharp]

I have done a lot of research in false rape and domestic violence allegations in the west. In nearly all the cases, they get away with it. In this case, it looks like the person is a muslim which may be a factor into why she was punished. If they are white in particular, they almost always get away with it.

Nearly, may be a factor, almost always

Weasel words

 

[SMC]

By saying nearly all cases and almost always (those mean pretty much the same thing in the context), I mean you'll be hard pressed to find cases where they were punished. Might a few here and there, but very rare. It's not like false allegations from white women are rare either. I believe some 40-50% of rape allegations are false and false domestic violence allegations are quite common too.

When I say "may be a factor", I am saying that I am not quite sure it is a factor or not. Can't say definitively, though considering how rarely white women are punished for making false rape allegations, I am inclined to believe that there's a higher than co-incidence chance that she was punished because of her religion.

 

[CardSharp]

Mate, you gotta back up these stats with numbers referenced to credible sources otherwise all we have to go on is your personal impression.

 

[SMC]

What do you want me to back up? A large number of rape accusations are false or that women are rarely jailed for false accusations? The latter has no percent-wise empirical statistic proving it because research on it is simply not done, but I follow these kinds of things quite closely. Here's a link for the former. IPT Journal - "Believe Her! The Woman Never Lies Myth"

 

[nightcrawler]

Who wants to rape her;;

 

[Kompromat]

She should be punished big time as the breath test can be given without removing her naqab.

Law must be upheld and no one is an exception.

 

[xdrive]

Not only did this woman falsely accuse the police officer of removing her hijab, she then started screaming "racist" to get out of the trouble she was in. This is an often occurrence.

Then, when she went to court, she claimed it wasn't her under the hijab.

When are these people going to learn to cut the crap? This incident happened in Australia, and Australians are currently big fans of Muslim Australians so incidents like these are certainly not winning anyone over.

 

[Cloakedvessel]

I don't know criminal law of Australia, but the verdict seems a little bit harsh.

Are there similiar cases in Australia where there is a minimum of six month jail time?

 

[CardSharp]

Not only did this woman falsely accuse the police officer of removing her hijab, she then started screaming "racist" to get out of the trouble she was in. This is an often occurrence.

Then, when she went to court, she claimed it wasn't her under the hijab.

When are these people going to learn to cut the crap? This incident happened in Australia, and Australians are currently big fans of Muslim Australians so incidents like these are certainly not winning anyone over.

As fvcking oppose to any other idiot who gets in trouble and has a trump card to play? Let's not make this more of a race issue than it is.